Punta Negra Dam

Punta Negra Dam
Location of Punta Negra Dam in Argentina
Country	Argentina
Location	San Juan, San Juan Province
Coordinates	31°31′9.16″S 68°49′4.10″W
Purpose	Irrigation, power
Status	Operational
Construction began	2009
Opening date	August 29, 2015
Owner(s)	Energia Provincial Sociedad del Estado SA
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds	San Juan River
Height	101 m (331 ft)
Length	700 m (2,300 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	500,000,000 m^3 (410,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	12.5 km^2 (4.8 sq mi)
Maximum length	13 km (8.1 mi)
Commission date	2016 (est.)
Hydraulic head	86 m (282 ft)
Turbines	2 x 31 MW (42,000 hp) Francis-type
Installed capacity	62 MW (83,000 hp)

The Punta Negra Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the San Juan River about 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of San Juan in San Juan Province, Argentina. The purpose of the dam is to provide water for irrigation and the generation of hydroelectric power. The 101 metres (331 ft) tall dam supports a 62-megawatt (83,000 hp) power station and together with the Los Caracoles Dam upstream, it will provide for the irrigation of 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres). Construction began in 2009 and the dam and was finished on August 29, 2015.[1] It is being constructed immediately upstream of a diversion barrage.[2][3][4]

References

1. "Beginning of the filling in Punta Negra's dam". TECHINT. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
2. "Hydroelectric power plants" (PDF). Panedile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
3. "Hydroelectric Projects in the Santa Cruz River" (PDF). Water and Energy National and Regional Integration. Government of Argentina. p. 97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
4. "San Juan province's Punta Negra dam on schedule for 2015 startup". BN Americas. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.